RSTV topic on CARBON TRADING & CLIMATE CHANGE for UPSC

CARBON TRADING & CLIMATE CHANGE       Introduction India has been at the forefront of an intense battle to protect the environment by reducing its carbon footprint. To this end, it has invested heavily in low-carbon technologies, has successfully switched to renewable energy, and has intensified its efforts to protect forests. During this process, it obtained hundreds of millions of carbon credits or emission reduction certificates, also called CERs. According to the current Kyoto…

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New Zealand’s Parliament passed The Zero-Carbon Law

 Zero-Carbon Law   For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About Zero-Carbon Law Why the law is required? What is Biogenic methane? What is the Paris climate accord?   News Flash Recently, New Zealand’s Parliament passed The Zero-Carbon Act, which will commit New Zealand to zero carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner,  as part of the country’s attempts to meet its Paris climate accord commitments. The Climate Change Response (Zero-Carbon) Amendment Act or Zero-Carbon Law, provides…

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